On the Lions being 4-2 after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-16:
"I just think we're in a meat grinder right now. This season is a meat grinder, and you just put your head back up and we're going to go play this week. When you're looking for that goal, we're just going to keep chopping away at what we have to do. My focus is on this week.

On the Lions' three turnovers against the Bucs:
"The thing that jumps out at you was the turnover/takeaway battle. It's something we constantly are trying to work out. We're plus-two on the year, which is going in the direction you want it. One key point is that we're leading the league in points off turnovers. That's 62 points. We're cashing in on it, and they're playing like a team. I think that's important for us."

On the play of defensive end Dewayne White:
"He just played very well. He rushed extremely well all game, but if you took the three sacks out, he still had an 'A' game. He was all over the field, making plays, but that's what I expect from him. He's done that in a couple of the games. Not as consistent as I want, but he played extremely well in all areas: run defense and hustling to the ball."

On whether the team is getting closer:
"I think what I see with this team, and I've said kind of from day one: it's a team. Everything I talk about, it's a team. Now they're starting to win. Now they're starting to see how much fun this is, but how hard it is. Sometimes in this league, when you're losing, and you can see no light at the end of the tunnel, (it's like) 'OK, I'm just going to play this thing out.' But when you're winning, every meeting counts. Every walkthrough counts. The pressure mounts. That's what's fun. It's every day, and it's a grind. Now it's what I've talked about from the very beginning -- it's mental toughness."

As the season has progressed, is that bond among the players growing stronger?
"Yeah, it is. You know why? I believe it's how we've won these four games. They've been brutal. Every one of them has been late in the fourth quarter, and we have fought all the way through those four wins. They've been a fight. We've gotten blown out on the road, and we've come back and won. Got blown out on the road, we came back and won. But the way we've won those four has been really impressive. We've just got to go out and be consistent every week."